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Orbit Photon - my new steel-framed road bike

By steff on 07/26/2007. Bike tags: Road bike | Commuter | audax | Campag | columbus | more tags >>
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Orbit Photon (Columbus steel)

Campag Mirage levers, unknown bars/stem

4ZA Fenix Carbon Fork, campag hiddenset

Campagnolo Proton, Campag Veloce brake

Campagnolo Proton, Shimano R600 brake

Campagnolo Mirage

generic alloy seatpost, Koobi Xenon saddle

Look A5.1 pedals

Front mech is Mirage, rear is now Centaur

Thought I'd get some photos before I uglify it with a rack and ride it overnight through the inevitable rain to Dunwich. Last year I did the Dynamo on a Dahon Helios SL and it really, really hurt.

Tyres are Vittoria Rubino Pro Tech, which were an absolute bastard to get onto the wheels. Orbit have now gone out of business - this is one of their last frames which are being sold off cheaply at gearshift.co.uk. The bike is wonderfully comfortable and much, much better at being a bike than I am at being a cyclist.

People who friended this bike sambaus, serialcee, Chainwheel, velocepedestrian, checkthree, campystamp
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Sounds like you got

Submitted by campystamp on 10/14/2011.

a great deal. That's a no nonsense bike.

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Subdued elegance

Submitted by Chainwheel on 02/29/2008.

This is a delightful looking bike. Elegant, subdued yet has the look of a refined jewel.

Lovely

Chainwheel

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Awww

Submitted by steff on 03/08/2008.

Thank you! I'd hardly call it a jewel, but I love it a lot. I'm going on the framebuilding course at daveyatescycles.co.uk this April, so look out for something that should be considerably more jewel-like, provided I don't mess up :-)

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Just returned from Dunwich

Submitted by steff on 07/29/2007.

(120-mile overnight ride accompanied this year by torrential rain). Bike did me proud - I can still feel my hands and my arse seems pretty much undamaged. The back tyre got a largish tear in it though (despite being brand new) which held me up a lot, so not hugely impressed there.

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I like that...

Submitted by mastronaut on 07/26/2007.

"The bike is much better at being a bike than I am at being a cyclist."

Can I use that?

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By all means, do. I think it

Submitted by steff on 07/26/2007.

By all means, do. I think it goes for a lot of bike/rider pairings.

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